IRIN
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Integrated Regional Information Networks, commonly known as IRIN, is a project of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) tasked with providing information relevant to those responding to and affected by complex emergencies, such a conflict-induced forced migration, and natural disasters, such as hurricanes and earthquakes in sub-Saharan Africa, Central Asia and the Middle East. Created in 1995, it is widely used by the humanitarian aid community and others seeking information on complex emergencies and has diversified into a number of subprojects. ... More » (Source: Wikipedia)
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Ezra Fox
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Aug 21, 2006 - 5:06 PM PDT
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Global | GLOBAL: More girls in school but dropout rates high | Asia East Africa Global Great Lakes Horn of Africa Latin America and Caribbean ...
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Asia | NEPAL: Menstruating girls miss out on school | Asia | Nepal | Education Gender Issues Health & Nutrition Water & Sanitation | Feature
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Eritrea: Reaping the wind
The Red Sea, located in an arid tropical zone, is one of the hottest bodies of seawater, with surface temperatures going up to 30 degrees Celsius. Rainfall as low as 150mm to ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
New report on future scenarios in Sudan
Sudan is planning to hold elections in April 2010 and a referendum on southern autonomy the following year, but beyond this the future is uncertain, says a report entitled ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Pakistan: Aid work hard hit by insecurity
Ayesha Bibi, 30, has no idea how she can help her daughter, who suffers paralysis in her legs. "An organization was helping us. They had doctors who were teaching my child to ...Posted by Emma Asomba -
Timor-Leste: Land law will give citizens back their country
A draft Land Law recently released by the Ministry of Justice, which will affect all 1.1 million Timor-Leste citizens, is vital for the fledgling nation's development, say ...Posted by Alex Wright -
UGANDA: Peace, justice and the LRA
() An agreement to prosecute alleged war criminals in Uganda rather than in the International Criminal Court (ICC) has fuelled hopes for an imminent end to the long-running civil ...Posted by Ben Parker -
AFRICA: Falling HIV rates tell complex story
() South Africa's health minister, Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, claimed that the first evidence of declining HIV prevalence in pregnant women - from 30.2 percent in 2005 to 29.1 ...Posted by Dale Penn -
Nigeria: Supporting discordant couples to stay together
() Dr Sulaimon Akanmu, of the College of Medicine at the University of Lagos, said that with a better understanding of how HIV was transmitted, discordant couples should have no ...Posted by Dale Penn -
Tanzania: Escalating drug use threatens AIDS fight
() atma Shaibu keeps regular hours. During the day she does housework in Stone Town, capital of the Indian Ocean island of Zanzibar, and at night she sells sex to customers at ...Posted by Dale Penn
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